Sikh/Jain/Quaker/Mormon China

For Quackers or Mormons, nothing short of ASB would do, unless, the population of China is literally reduced to a fraction. Alternatively, couple this with the kind of US regime that would actively persecute a religion very popular in the US... adherents of said religion run, of all places, to China, where they are extremely successful, especially if they get there at the time when the Chinese leadership has not fully asserted control of the country. By the time the leadership decides to do something about it, there are simply too many converts, and the country's leadership decides that conversion is the lesser of two evils, as long as their own doctrines are not being contradicted.

Or, make someone like William Penn take his followers to China, and try to make mass conversions there. Who knows, they might even succeed, and the timeframe would allow for Quacker faith to spread enough to be a major factor in China, religiously speaking.

Of course, there is always the faith in the HOLY SHEEP!!! :D :D :D

Now that should be a challenge to make that the official religion of China... or any country for that matter :D
 

Leo Caesius

Banned
Is Sikhism even an evangelical faith? I'd imagine that it is possible for someone to convert, but practically speaking, does this happen?
 
What's with this spurt of Chinese religion threads? :confused:

Anyway, shouldn't this be in ASB?
 

Hendryk

Banned
NFR said:
What's with this spurt of Chinese religion threads? :confused:

Anyway, shouldn't this be in ASB?
I'm wondering about it too. I'm supposed to be the token China enthusiast here, and all of a sudden these threads are popping up like mushrooms after the rain.
And if I've never personally submitted such a thread, it's for the simple reason that I like China's spiritual makeup just the way it is :p
 
Leo Caesius said:
Is Sikhism even an evangelical faith? I'd imagine that it is possible for someone to convert, but practically speaking, does this happen?

I don't know about India, but it does happen in Britain. I don't think there is anything like an evangelistic drive, though. The occasional 'Exploring Sikh Spiritualism' afternoon, yes, but I have yet to see or hear of Sikhs going round London neighbourhoods handing out flowers and pamphlets like our local Evangelicals do here.
 

Zioneer

Banned
What is the obsession with taking Mormons and putting them in places that aren't Utah? I just don't understand it.
 
They should take an existing faith and use that. Theocratic Daoist society. Buddhist dominant empire. Neo-Confucian fundamentalism. Legalist resurgence.
 
It is way easier than it looks. Just have a sucessfull Taiping rebellion happen, which isn`t too unlikely. Now replace Hong Xiuquans self made Christanity with whatever suits you most and you are done.
 
It is way easier than it looks. Just have a sucessfull Taiping rebellion happen, which isn`t too unlikely. Now replace Hong Xiuquans self made Christanity with whatever suits you most and you are done.

What are the odds that Hong Xiuquan is going to be a Mormon? or a Sikh?
 
For Quackers or Mormons, nothing short of ASB would do, unless, the population of China is literally reduced to a fraction. Alternatively, couple this with the kind of US regime that would actively persecute a religion very popular in the US... adherents of said religion run, of all places, to China, where they are extremely successful, especially if they get there at the time when the Chinese leadership has not fully asserted control of the country. By the time the leadership decides to do something about it, there are simply too many converts, and the country's leadership decides that conversion is the lesser of two evils, as long as their own doctrines are not being contradicted.

Or, make someone like William Penn take his followers to China, and try to make mass conversions there. Who knows, they might even succeed, and the timeframe would allow for Quacker faith to spread enough to be a major factor in China, religiously speaking.

Of course, there is always the faith in the HOLY SHEEP!!! :D :D :D

Now that should be a challenge to make that the official religion of China... or any country for that matter :D

You're mixing up the Quakers and the Quackers. The Quackers were a small sect started by half-Vietnamese philosopher, Ye Lo Duc.
 
Everything other than Jain China seems improbable. If one is to see Jainism, it was popular at the same time as Buddhism and instead of Samrath Ashok Maurya embracing Buddhism, he embraces Jainism like his Grandfather and spreads Jainism all over, thus exporting it to China.
 

Zioneer

Banned
It's just fun. Doesn't the idea of Mormon China sound great to you?

It sounds a little interesting, but it's just really bizarre how everyone sticks Mormons everywhere BUT Utah. I mean, it's nice that people think of Mormons being wildly successful, but I just don't get the obsession with throwing them in random places.

Oh and sorry for necroing this thread; I reported a spammer who had just posted in this thread, and decided to vent a little bit without checking the year.
 
Actually, given that Flocc-Hendryk Theory about East Asian cultures taking Western ideas they adopt very seriously, a Mormon China is one of the scariest things I've ever heard of on this forum.

Let me edit my post then: "Interesting."

I haven't heard this "Flocc-Hendryk" theory, though. I wonder how it would have been dystopic.
 
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